Laundry machine



J. J.' OSHEA LAUNDRY MACHINE Jan. 6, 1931.

Filed Feb. 4, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

HIS ATTORNEY5 Jan. 6,' 1931. J. J, O'SHEA" I 1,788,322

LAUNDRY MACHINE Filed Feb. 4, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l e? h" F Z9 l .a t l L `g1 l l 7,7;0f Z Z2 39 l 3f il @6 l y i QWMSJPQ., 7710. INVENTOR.

f// A TTORNEY Patented Jan. 6, `1931 PATENT eerie E JAMEsJ. osHEA, or DALLAS TEX.AS l

LAUNDRY MACHINE Application filed February 4, 1930. y-Serial No. 425,846. Y

This invention 'relates :to improvements in laundry appliances, Vand particularly to `a neckband or collar former `adapted to set or position the shirton `the working surface .of fan ironing table.

Primariiy, the object ofthe invention `is to provide a neckband or collariformerof a shirt setting device for ironingtablestliat is capable Vof being contracted.toaminimum lsize and expanded to a maximum size.`

A further object is to simplify the con- `struction and mode of operationof the device, the parts thereof being :reduced considerably in number, Whileatthe same time, the rigidity of the Working parts remains unimpaired. These objects lare preferably accomplished by the provision of a former constituted of two arms-slidabletoW-archand from each otherina frame in-onefdirect-ion i from theeXpa-nsible ring device usually em- ,'ployed :forthe shaping lof shirt neckbands.

In simplifying the construction and arrangement of the Working'vparts, theoperating .lever Which isprovided for contracting lthe former also;constituteswaportion of they connections between the former section and the 1 arms of the former so as to impart; movement to said arms upon actuation `of the yformer sect-ion. Y

With these and other objects in View, the inventionconsists 'in certain details of'construction and combinations and Yarrange- Y ments of parts, all as Will hereinaftervbe more fully described and the xnovel'feature' yte provide' dependingllegs 15,15@V Mounted neckband iformer mounted onl the Working surface fof :the table, the lformer being shown in neckbandengaging position and eX- .panded, in ,dottie'd,;l1nes;;

f Fig. 2 ls-awert-ical .sectional .View ofthe former and framelon which it is mounted; Fig. 3 isa sectional View onthelin'e 33 of Fig. l, taken in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Fiv. 4 is adetail. plan `View, partly in section ,qand some of the parts broken away,

kshowing the former expanded Fig-5 is. a detail sectional View on'tlie line 5-'5 of F1g.,2,talren in the direction indicated by the arrows; I and Fig. .6 is a ldetail perspective yiew vof the latchforthe operating lever.

In the accompanying drawings, an iron- ;ing table is indicated at 10,and attached thereto is the baseportionf 1l ofya standard ft2. Standard l2 has a vertically extending slet 13 therein, `and Working in this slot is a-pair yofi-Jolts l-esecuredin a `rame which is preterablyof U-shape cross section, so as within ta housing 16 oli-,the top of the'frame is` a bolt 17 urged outwardly of the lio-using by a spring 1 8, `so aste engage over the upper end of standard 12 when the frame is raised to' its elevated position, asshown in Figure l.y Y The frame is tlnisreleasablyl held in this ele# -Vatedgposition but can be lowered by retraot-'V Iing-said bolt 17 ya; projection 19 Vonsaidbolt and `extending through housing lov being provided for thispurpose. f Y

In orderthat the former for imparting :sha-peto the neokband or collar of the shirt maybe contracted to a minimum size and i expanded toia maxiinuin size, it is preferably formed of two laterally extensible members, and a tliirdsection that ismovable away ,y from said members in a direction preferably at right angles to they direction in which said "members arel adapted to be expanded. VPreferably, there is a pair ofarms 20,20@ slidably A mounted in a. guideway 21 on the leg 15 of the frame, whereby said arms 20, a may be moved toward and Ji'rom one another or eX- panded, `so to speak, laterally of the frame.

In advance or" these arms, there isl what is termedl a former section 22 adapted to be moved away from the frame or at right angles to the direction in which the arms 20, 20a aremovable. Preferably, this former section 22 is provided with one or more extensions 23 in the formV of L-shaped rods, one end Y other at the same time that the former section 22 is moved away from said arms. Accordingly, there is a vertically disposed operating lever 27 -pivoted at 28 on a bracket 28a on leg 15v of the frame, and the lower end ot' this lever is connected to former b y link 2S). Pivotally connected to lever 27 by pivot pin 30 and pivotally and `slidably connected to a bracket 31 on leg 15 by a pin and slot connection 32, is a vertically Adisposed link 33, f

whose lower end is connected by afpin and slot connection (see Fig. 5)-:with apair ot links 34, 34a`whieh, in turn, are `connected to the arms 20, 20a, respectively. This pin and slot connection between said links-consists in` having the lower end of link 33'0fsetias at 35, said oiset portion having a slot 36 therein, in which is slidably` received the pin 37, this pin extending through the links 34,

' 34a, being held therein by eotter pin 3S so as to connectV said links together. With this arrangement, when tormer section 22 is moved away from the frame, operating lever 27 is rocked on its pivotal center 23 and link 33 is rocked on pin 32, so as to move the lower end of link 33 Yto legv 15 of the trame, this movement of thelower endof the link 33,

causing the ends of links 34,311@ attached to arms 2G, 20ct `to spread apartor move away trom'one another and imparting a similar spreading or expanding actionto saidl arms.

rlhe parts are shown in this expanded position 1n Figs. 2 anda andin dotted lines inl Fgure 1. It might be aded that the former is not permitted Vto assume this expanded position until a't'terit has beeninserted or positioned in the neckbandy or collar of'a 'shirt on the ironing table. 'That is, the Yformer is normally contracted and locked'in its elevated position, as shown in full lines in Figure 1,A and Yis not lowered and expanded as shown in dotted lines in said Figure 1 until a shirt has been placed on the board in position to have the former positioned within the neckband or collar thereof.

It is, of course, necessary, or rather advantageous, to have means for retaining the termer contracted until the operator chooses to permit it to expand. For this reason, the operating lever 27 is adapted to engage in a recess in bracket 31 when the arms and orn'ier section are moved to their contracted positions. The recess in bracket 31 may be formed by an oiiset or projection 39 on said bracket, as shown in Fig. .6. This form of connections between the'operating lever and Vformer and the arms 20, 20a, simpliiies the mechanism for expanding and contracting `those elements, in that the operating lever constitutes a part o1" the connectionsl between the former and the arms. .y

In addition to this simplification oi? the operating connections and the unusual extent to which the former may be expanded or contracted, the present deviceis quite advantageous by reason ofthe fact thatthe operatorneed only disengage bolt 17 from stalidard 13, lower the former into the neckband or collar of the shirt, and release operating lever 27 from projection or latch 39. The tormer will then automatically expand to the limit allowed 'by the neckband or collar and firmly hold the said shirt on the table 10, the

operator having tree use of both'hands for straight'ening` the shirt, as thus held preparatory to actually ironing or linishing thelaundering of the shirt. l

.lVhat l claim is:

1. In a shirt setting device :tor ironing tables, a traine, a former composed of a paii of arms, said arms being slidable toward and from eachother in said frame, a section movable in a direction toward and 'trom the line of movement ot said-arms, means tor yieldingly moving said former section away from said arms, and connections between said section andsaid arms operable to movethe arms away'trom each other. a

2. In a shirt setting device. for Aironing tables, a neckband former comprising-a pair of -arms movable bodily toward and' from each otherV and a section movable toward and from said arms but spaced therefrom, 'spring'tor yieldingly moving. said former section away'iromsaid arms, an operating lever for `moving said section toward said arms, and connections between said lever-and arms for moving said arms away fromy each other 3. Infa shirt setting devic'etor ironing:- 'tables, a frame, a Collar former consistingoi a pair ot arms slidable away from each other in said irame and a former section, and means for simultaneously vmoving said section away tromsaid arms and said arms away from i each other, said means'comprising an oper-V ating lever and connections between said lever and said arms and section by which said arms are moved toward each other and ysaid section is moved toward said arms.

4'. In a. shirt setting device for ironing tables, a frame, a collar former composed of a pair ol' arms slidable to and from each other in said frame and a. former sectie-ina spring for moving said section away from said arms, and a. vertically disposed operating lever pivotedon said frame and connections between said lever and said section and arms whereby said arms will be moved awayfrom each other by said spring when said section is moved away from said arms and whereby said arms may be moved toward each other and the section moved toward said arms.

5. In a shirt setting device for ironing` tables, a frame, a collar formerA composed of a pair of arms slidable inthe frame, and aI former section movable toward and from said arms, an operating lever pivoted on said Y frame, a link pivotally attached to said lever and 'frame and connected to said arms whereby said arms may be moved toward each other, one of said pivotal attachments being loose, an operating connection between said lever and former section whereby said section may be moved toward the line of movement of saidV arms, and a spring mea-ns for yieldingly moving said former section away from v said arms and said arms away from each other. Y u

6. In a shirt setting deviceV for ironing tables, a frame, a collar former composed of a pair of arms slidably mounted in said frame and a section spaced from said arms and having an extension slidable in said frame at right angles to the direction of movement of said arms, means i'or yieldingly moving said l arms away from each other and said section away from said arms, an operatinglever and operating;- connections from said lever to said arms and section for moving said arms toward each other and the section toward said arms.

7; ln a shirt setting device for ironing tables, a. frame, a collar former composed of a section and a pair of arms each slidably supported in said frame, saidsection being movable at an angle to the direction of movement or" the arms, lan operating leverv pivoted on said frame and attached tosaid section, a. link pivotally attached to said frame and. lever,

\ one ol said pivotal attachments being loose, v Y a link attached to each arm, a pm connecting said last mentioned links and loosely engag ing said other link, whereby said arms may be moved toward each other and said section moved toward said arms by said operating lever, and a spring ,for impai-ting reverse movements to said arms and former section.

8. In a shirt setting device for ironing tables, a frame having a pair of guides therein, a pair of rods slidable in saidguides, a neckband former section mounted oir-said rods, means for'yieldingly urging said rods and former section away from said frame, a pair of arms, saidV arms and ysection consti'- tuting a former, said arms being movable away from each other lin a `direction at an angle to the direction of movement oi'lsaid former secti0n,and means for movingl said arms toward'each other-and the former section toward said frame.

JAMES JOSEPH osmaa.` 

